Pocket-holder.



No. 652;,108. Patented .lune I9, |900.

` E. J. HAVERLY.

POCKET HOLDER.

(Application filed Feb. 1, 1900,)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT EEinEu ELMER J. HAVERLY, OF SAYRE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-TIIIRDS TO WILBUR F. BRAINARD, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, AND .ICIIN I-I. MITCHELL, OF ADDISON, NEW YORK.

POCKET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,108, dated June 19, 1900.

Application tiled February 1, 1900. Serial No. 3,584. (No model.)

T @ZZ 1077/077?, it r11/ty concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER J. HAVERLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sayre, county of Bradford, State of Pennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apro pertains to make and use the same.-

My invention relates to pocket-holders, and has for its object to provide a holder composed of light spring-wire which shall be adapted to be applied to the inside of the pocket in x5 such a manner as to hold the same closed and prevent its contents from dropping out and yet be elastic enough to permit articles being put in or taken out of the pocket.

The invention consists in the novel conzo struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a garment with my holder applied therez 5 to. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the holder detached.

In the drawings, A represents my said holder constructed of two resilient wires a and l), bowed outwardly from each other toward 3o their center and twisted together near their ends, as shown at c. The ends of the wires are then bent outwardly from each other for a short distance beyond the twists and are then bent back, so as to overlap or cross one another, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, the said ends being then bent forwardly in the direction of the length of the wires, so as to form the pointed projections e e for engaging the cloth in each end.

4o of the pocket. The overlapping portions located between the projections e e are wrapped with a short cylindrical coil of wire d, which eectually holds the two wires together. All that is necessary in attaching the holder to the garment is simply to press the ends of the same together and allow the holder to spring into position, as shown in Fig. l. This keeps the pocket closed, and the holder being made of light spring-wire, as before stated, does not disfigure the pocket in any way, but 5o rather conforms to the original shape of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pocket-holder, composed of resilient wires bowed outwardly from each other at the center and connected together near their ends, said holder being provided with points projecting beyond the connection for engaging 6o the pocket-opening.

2. A pocket-holder, composed of resilient wires bowed outwardly from each other at the center and twisted together near their ends, the ends of the said wires being extended beyond the twist and forming points for engaging the ends of the pocket-opening.

3. A pocket-holder, composed of resilient wires, bowed outwardly from each other and twisted together near their ends, said ends ex- 7o tending outwardlya short distance yand bent backwardly so as to overlap each other, the extreme ends being bent outwardly at right angles to form pointed projections, and a securing-wire wrapped around the overlapping portion between the projections.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELMER J. HAVERLY.

Witnesses:

J. H. MITCHELL, HARRY L. TYLER. 

